Our world may be in for a really long summer or rainforest season depending on where you live. I watched videos on Russian websites where citizens are waving as soldiers move to Ukraine for battle. As that is happening, possibly, in the Western part of Ukraine, NATO weapons are flooding into Ukraine. This is not looking good: as Russia upgrades itself, NATO ships more weapons to Ukraine – and the theater is in Ukraine.
So, who loses? The guy who runs out of supplies first. Certainly, on paper, Ukraine has an edge to win since NATO can supply weapons till eternity. But will that mindset end the war since Russia, even after retreating, if it runs out of gears, can come back in 2 years when it has more resources?
People, this is NOT good for Ukraine and the world. This is now a loop – and a vicious circle of evil; working on a ceasefire makes better sense. A negotiation between NATO and Russia may even make more sense now since both are “fighting”, extrapolating on the sources of weapons.
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Comment 1: Ukraine has won this war. The important thing is that the West, NATO and EU ensure that Ukraine doesn’t lose to Russia. This is DerangedPutin end game and as a tyrant he must win also to remain a tyrant. The Battle for Kyiv was won by Ukraine and the Battle for the Donbas would also be won by Ukraine. The odds aren’t now in favour of Russia.
My Response to 1: “Ukraine has won this war.” If Ukraine has won the war, what has Russia lost? I find that mindset ridiculous from CNN, BBC, etc when technically Ukraine is being levelled, citizens killed, etc and yet to use the word “win” for Ukraine means Russian has “lost”. When the Europeans wanted to colonize Ethiopia and they fought back, did Europe lose? Was there anything to lose by Europe to start with?
User Response to Comment 1: how has Ukraine won the war when it has lost crucial territory? It has lost 80% of it’s coastline along with the posts, it has been blockaded by the Russian Navy Black Sea fleet. A considerable chunk of the Donbass is under Russian control along with territory like Melitopol, Kherson, Berdyansk, and Mariupol. The land bridge by Russia is complete, and fresh water from the Dnipro river for Crimea has been fully secured with the Ukrainian built dam to starve the peninsula destroyed. To add to all these Russia controls Ukraine a skies and Ukrainian military units in the cauldron at the East face possible annihilation. So pls tell me, how’s that winning the war?
(1) Demilitarization of Ukraine: Russia has practically wiped out the Ukrainian Navy, and considerably decimated Ukraine’s Airforce and Air Defences. Defence of built up areas in Ukraine presently favours the defenders (i.e. Ukraine), but the Ukranians can’t presently launch a decent mechanized counter-attack because the military has been seriously degraded. That’s why they’re crying for more weapons with the Czech Republic rushing in old Soviet era T-72s and BMPs in limited numbers, and the Australians Bushmasters MRAPs.
(2) Denazification: All I have to do is point you to Mariupol, the home base of the Azov Battalion. The battle is almost over there with the Azov Battalion resistance pretty much driven to the edge of the sea and split into smaller pockets of resistance by the Russian military, thus making coordination impossible. In the last few days scores of Ukranian Marines have surrendered with 2 attempts to perform a hot extraction of Azov Battalion leadership by air failed woefully with the Ukrainian helicopters shot down. In a nutshell the Azov Battalion is almost finished as a fighting force, the only saving being that the Russian Navy are not too keen to unleash their firepower on the industrial estate and port they currently occupy for their last stance.
(3)Regime Change and NATO Membership: In week 2/3 of the war, Zelensky clearly stated that joining NATO was no longer feasible. In response the Russians said that they will no longer pursue regime change. Let me equally point out that any future talk of joining NATO is no longer possible as Russia presently occupies a portion of Eastern and Southern Ukraine along with it’s skies and waters, plus any form of membership will place NATO in direct confrontation with the Russians
In summary, the Russians have considerably succeeded in objective 1 and 2, and have basically won objective 3
Comment 3: The same people who preach peace and democracy are messengers and orchestrators of war. Between hypocrisy and deceit, all the leaders of the world are sitting comfortably somewhere in the middle. Once you make truth the first casualty of war, the moral and ethical guardrails guiding humanity are automatically pushed below zero. Ukraine soil is the testing ground for two counterforces fighting for the soul of the earth, unfortunately both are evil…May the Spirit of God go forth and renew the face of the earth.
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I just feel for Africa. All the promises EU makes of helping rebuild Ukraine is banking on stealing Africa’s resources. Expect more conflicts across Africa targeted at getting resources cheaper in thr midst of Choas.
I feel for poor Africa if she won’t win markets now and retake ownership of hef resources and people’s trust.
Yes! Europe promises and mobilizes resources but Africa will pay it through the trade robbery that currently exits. It’s on us guys and I cry….we can still retake control of our resources now!